Monday, February 20, 2017

110 Civility Rules by George Washington

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https:///watch?v=DmN9XCy4SAk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0bfn9_weWc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2QPfTcDO9Y

Saturday, February 11, 2017

Q2 8th Habit -- Finding Your Voice


 The 8th Habit, 
Moving from Leadership to GREATNESS 




The 8th habit holds powerful insights that challenge us to find our voice and inspire others to find theirs.  The 8th Habit inspires us to thrive, innovate, and lead in order to move beyond effectiveness and into greatness.

This is a fun exercise for youth to help them discover their own latent worth and a vision of what the Lord may have in store for their life plan at this time.  

Draw this empty venn diagram.  As you discuss what each area may contain, the youth may begin to visualize a plan for themselves. 

Voice Excerpt directly from Dr. Covey's book:  https://cbtworld.wordpress.com/2012/08/13/find-your-own-unique-voice-help-others-find-theirs/

Our intent at providing this exercise is to help the youth understand what their research project should be about at the end of this semester and to begin getting the creative and innovative juices flowing.


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufUlU1OYYp4    Video about the Eighth Habit



BODY         If you had a heart attack what would you change?       Act accordingly.

MIND          If your current job had a two year limit?  What would you change.  Act accordingly.

SPIRIT         If you had a monthly conversation with your creator?    Act accordingly

HEART










Thursday, February 9, 2017

Speeches



Abortion botched speaker:   ethos, pathos, logos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOWMmx6eBjU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbEG1MNPkCY      senate testimony

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF91bZqIzaU     On Glenn Beck

Chopin's speech

https://youtu.be/r9LCwI5iErE

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Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Joan of Arc Colloquia


What are your weaknesses that God could make strengths?

How would he go about doing that?  How did he do that for Joan? 

What helped her do all the hard things she had to face? 

Why was she given so many miracles?  

What does it mean that she won, but winning doesn't necessarily mean alive. 


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Image:  http://www.biographyonline.net/women/joan-of-arc.html



The Five Miracles of Joan    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnPyS6BCrdg


Quizzes:  http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/biographies/joan_of_arc/quiz3868.html





1. Who is "The Sieur Louis de Comte?" What is his status at the beginning of the story? Where do we
find him at the end?

2. Describe life in Domremy. How did this peasant community help prepare Joan for her mission in life?

3. Describe the first public wrongful accusation against Joan? How did she get out of it?

4. Who are Joan's "Voices?" From whom does Joan receive her orders?

5. How long was the public part of Joan's career?

6. What was so extraordinary about Joan receiving an escort of soldiers from the Commandant of
Vaucouleurs?

7. What was so extraordinary about Joan raising the French Army during this period of history?

8. How did Joan identify the true King the first time she met him?

9. How many English soldiers did Joan kill?

10. Describe the Dauphin's character.

11. How was Joan ultimately "stopped" and placed under trial?

12. Describe Joan's captivity and Bishop Cauchon, her captor.

13. How did Cauchon ultimately achieve Joan's condemnation?

14. Why did the King fail to come to Joan's aid?

15. How did Joan win her martyrdom?


Questions from free source, Chesterton Academy blog

As St. Paul says, “God chose the weak things of the world to build them strong.”

1 Corinthians 1:27   27 And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them.

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Joan of Arc Study Questions

http://www.history.com/topics/saint-joan-of-arc

Joan of Arc
To Play the Games and for answers to the questions, go to:  http://www.sparknotes.com/biography/joanofarc/quiz.html


1. With what war was Joan of Arc most closely associated?
(A) The War of the Roses
(B) The French Revolution
(C) The Hundred Years' War
(D) The War of the Spanish Succession

2. Charles VII belonged to which royal family?
(A) Valois
(B) Bourbon
(C) Hapsburg
(D) Burgundy

3. Where was Joan born?
(A) Rouen
(B) Paris
(C) Domremy
(D) Tours

4. Where did Joan die?
(A) Orleans
(B) Paris
(C) Domremy
(D) Rouen

5. How did Joan of Arc die?
(A) She drowned
(B) She was beheaded
(C) She was burned at the stake
(D) She was drawn and quartered
6. Joan said she heard mysterious voices. Who did she say was speaking to her?
(A) Moses
(B) Saints
(C) Dead French kings
(D) A messenger from the future



7. What was the French term for "heir apparent"?
(A) Dauphin
(B) Infante
(C) Crown Price
(D) Junior King

8. What class was Joan born into?
(A) Serfs
(B) Nobility
(C) Peasants
(D) Bourgeoisie

9. Hold old was Joan when she first started hearing voices?
(A) 5
(B) 19
(C) 26
(D) 13

10. How old was Joan when she died?
(A) 22
(B) 26
(C) 19
(D) 30

11. What extreme quality was Joan known for as a young girl?
(A) Piety
(B) The ability to jump from heights of sixty feet and more
(C) Rudeness to authorities
(D) Appetite
12. Which of the following Saints did Joan NOT claim to hear?
(A) Michael
(B) Catherine
(C) Patrick
(D) Margaret
13. Where did Joan first go to volunteer herself for the Dauphin's service?
(A) Orleans
(B) Tours
(C) Paris
(D) Vaucouleurs

14. What was unusual about Joan's apparel?
(A) She wore bikinis centuries before they were invented
(B) Her dresses were very expensive and colorful
(C) She wore men's clothing
(D) She only wore black

15. Who was Joan's greatest supporter in the Dauphin's court?
(A) The Duke of Anjou
(B) The Duke of Alencon
(C) The Duke of Burgundy
(D) The Earl of Warwick
16. Which of the following commanders served beside Joan of Arc at the Siege of Orleans?
(A) The Duke of Burgundy
(B) Philip the Good
(C) La Hire
(D) John of Luxembourg
17. Who was responsible for capturing Joan?
(A) John of Luxembourg
(B) Philip the Good
(C) The Duke of Alencon
(D) The Earl of Warwick
18. Who served as the basis for the fictional character of Bluebeard?
(A) La Hire
(B) Philip the Good
(C) Gilles de Rais
(D) The Earl of Navy Facial Hair
19. Who was also known as the "Duke of Burgundy"?
(A) Jacques of Arc
(B) John of Luxembourg
(C) The Duke of Alencon
(D) Philip the Good

20. Where did Joan correctly predict a sword would be found for her?
(A) A brothel
(B) A cemetery
(C) A church
(D) A library

21. How did Joan shatter her supposedly magical sword?
(A) She smacked a prostitute with it
(B) She broke it charging forts at Orleans
(C) It was rolled over by a wagon
(D) She broke it on the Duke of Burgundy's armor

22. At what battle was Joan captured?
(A) The Battle of Patay
(B) The Siege of Orleans
(C) The Battle of Compiegne
(D) The Battle of Agincourt

23. At the Battle of Patay, what unit did La Hire quickly decimate?
(A) Burgundy's arquebusiers
(B) Burgundy's cavalry
(C) The English cannon
(D) The English longbowmen

24. Joan was twice injured by what kind of weapon?
(A) Cannon
(B) Spear
(C) Crossbow
(D) Dagger
25. Who was Joan's squire?
(A) John of Luxembourg
(B) Jean de Aulon
(C) Pierre Cauchon
(D) Duke of Alencon

26. Who presided over Joan's trial?
(A) The Duke of Burgundy
(B) Philip the Good
(C) Pierre Cauchon
(D) The Earl of Warwick

27. Who among the following was NOT one of Joan's brothers?
(A) Hillaire
(B) Pierre
(C) Jacquemin
(D) Jean

28. Which one of her brothers accompanied Joan at the Battle of Compiegne?
(A) Jean
(B) Hillaire
(C) Pierre
(D) Jacquemin

29. What was Joan's mother called?
(A) Marie of Arc
(B) Anne of Cleves
(C) Anne Boleyn
(D) Isabelle Romee

30. Why was Reims so important to Joan?
(A) It was a valuable seaport
(B) It was a base to attack Paris from
(C) It was the traditional coronation site
(D) She was born there


31. Why did Charles call a retreat from Paris?
(A) He couldn't  pay the army
(B) He never really liked Paris that much anyway
(C) He was hearing mysterious voices himself
(D) Paris waiters were rude

32. Who was a close friend to Joan?
(A) John of Luxembourg
(B) Bishop Cauchon
(C) Brother Richard
(D) The Duke of Burgundy

33. Which nickname was Joan known by?
(A) God's Soldier
(B) Virgin Warrior
(C) Joan the Bold
(D) Maid of Orleans

34. The bloodiness of what battle shocked Joan?
(A) Orleans
(B) Patay
(C) Crecy
(D) Agincourt

35. Which battle was Joan NOT involved in?
(A) Orleans
(B) Patay
(C) Crecy
(D) Compiegne
36. Due to what phenomenon was the French army swelling in 1429?
(A) Joan's popularity
(B) Charles's popularity
(C) The great salary offered to soldiers
(D) The prevalent desire among young French men to see the world

37. Who was allied with England?
(A) Gilles de Rais
(B) The Duke of Alencon
(C) The Duke of Burgundy
(D) Charles VII

38. The pro-Charles forces in the Hundred Years' War were called what?
(A) Hohenzollerns
(B) Plantagenets
(C) Burgundians
(D) Armagnacs

39. What language(s) did Joan know how to write?
(A) French and English
(B) French
(C) None
(D) French and Latin

40. Joan's clothes were known for being what?
(A) Always colorful
(B) Always bloody
(C) Always white
(D) Always inexpensive




41. According to legend, which of the following roles did Joan fill as a child?
(A) Blacksmith's assistant
(B) Barmaid
(C) Shepherdess
(D) Governess

42. What document did Joan sign before her execution?
(A) Writ of Habeas Corpus
(B) Writ of Mandamus
(C) Tax form
(D) Abjuration

43. How many charges of heresy were initially leveled against Joan?
(A) 12
(B) 99
(C) 70
(D) 5

44. In the end, how many charges of heresy did Joan face?
(A) 5
(B) 12
(C) 70
(D) 99



45. For what quality was Joan deemed so valuable by the French?
(A) Her tactical insight
(B) Her strategic brilliance
(C) Her ability to raise morale
(D) Her ability to inspire little French girls to aspire to similar roles

46. Despite being burned as a heretic, Joan was later made a saint. In what century did she become a saint?
(A) 20th
(B) 19th
(C) 18th
(D) 17th

47. In an attempt to escape, how many feet did Joan jump from her prison tower?
(A) 20
(B) 40
(C) 60
(D) 80

48. What part of Joan's body did the executioner later claim resisted the flames?
(A) Nose
(B) Hands
(C) Head

(D) Heart

Thursday, January 19, 2017

Traits of a Statesman


Virtue,    Virtus is Latin for strength

Wisdom quotes: http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/wisdom
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/karl-a-pillemer-phd/why-should-we-listen-to-old-people_b_1207996.html
Churchill,  Odette Sansom, FDR, Philosophers, Soloman,  nelson Mandela, Galileo, Pearl S. Buck


Courage   http://opishposh.com/10-of-the-most-courageous-people-in-history/
Rosa parks
Joan of Arc
harriett Tubman
Emmeline Pankhurst
Bonoeffer




Inspire Greatness    http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidkwilliams/2014/03/21/brave-leaders-inspire-greatness-in-others/#18c0c1be5b74


  • Humility, bravery, mentor, firm in resolve, unwavering, 


Diplomatic  http://www.wikihow.com/Be-Diplomatic

John Jay
Edward Everett
John Foster Dulles
Condelesa Rice
Washington Irving

Moving the Cause of LIberty
http://causeofliberty.blogspot.com/
https://writeyourstory2013.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/moving-the-cause-of-liberty/